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#ifndef IPOSITION_H
#define IPOSITION_H

namespace nn
{

namespace kohonen
{

template<typename PositionType>
class IPosition
{
public:
    typedef typename PositionType::Var Var;

private:
    PositionType m_position;

public:

    template< typename... Args>
    IPosition ( Args... args ) : m_position ( args... ) {
    }
    
    IPosition( const PositionType& pos ):m_position(pos){}
    
    IPosition( const IPosition& other ):m_position(other.m_position){}

    bool operator == (const IPosition& other )const{
      return m_position == other.m_position;
    }
    
    bool operator == (const PositionType& other )const{
      return m_position == other;
    }
    
    Var calculateDistance ( const IPosition<PositionType> &other )const {
        return m_position.calculateDistance ( other.m_position );
    }
    
    operator PositionType(){
      return m_position;
    }
    
    unsigned int calculateId()const{
      return m_position.calculateId();
    }

    ~IPosition() {}
};

}

}
#endif
